Appeal No. 96-3158
Application 08/065,857
into said recess, whereby forces generated upon
ignition allow ignition gases to rupture part of
said single housing at said cylindrical portion and
rupture part of said gas generator housing at said
recess to activate said propellant.”
Each of the examiner’s rejections before us on appeal is
premised on his determination that the gas generator (10) of
Husby includes, or can be understood as including (based on
the “closed” housing 110 of Cornellier), a normally closed
first housing (30, 32) which contains a solid fuel as a charge
to generate gas, and a closed second housing (27, 28) defining
a vessel which is separate from the first housing, has a
sensor and ignition means (20) therein, and includes an
extending cylindrical portion (near 50). See, particularly,
Figures 1 and 2 of Husby.
Like appellants, we find the examiner’s position to be
untenable, because Husby does not include, and can not be
reasonably understood as including, the separate first and
second closed housings of appellants’ claim 1, or the separate
closed unit and closed integral unit as set forth in claim 9
on appeal.
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